Sentence examples for tragic past from inspiring English sources

The title of Patrick Radden Keefe's article on a mass shooter's tragic past, "A Loaded Gun," is perfect (February 11th & 18th).

The book features her longtime heroine Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor with a tragic past, and is the first in a trilogy scheduled for publication this year.

The city's charisma is intoxicating, but the hustle and bustle belies a tragic past.

Before she became a mass shooter, Amy Bishop had a tragic past.

Mr. Markowitz was honoring Ms. Harris' work, but also her singularly tragic past.

In this case, the returnee in question isn't reliving his own tragic past but someone else's.

Her turn as the newly appointed baroness with a tragic past divided audiences.

"I do not see any importance in bringing up this tragic past.

I think she felt obliged to be with him because of his tragic past.

And Marylouise played this woman with a very long tragic past who's now running a laundromat.

And yet Berlin cannot refute its tragic past -- nor does it try to.